In the script, CaptainKirk was about to show Spock a slip of paper that showed a voice track of Kodos, while trying to ascertain whether Kodos was actually now Anton Karidian, when the noise of a phaser on overload suddenly interrupted Kirk and Spock. In the final version of the episode, however, Kirk simply begins to say that he has an idea which may prove Karidian innocent, though Kirk is abruptly silenced by Spock.